Speech organs position:

Jaw is almost closed, lips pushed forward tightly into almost a whistle shape, at the same time the back of the tongue rises up towards the soft palate at the back of the mouth.

[u:     u:       u:]

A4. Words

Listen and repeat. Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound.

Spelling variations for the [u:] sound	Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [u:]
oo	bloom, food, smooth, loop, school, doom
о	lose, move, do, who, improvement, remove
ue, oe ui	blue, glue, shoes fruit, juice, cruise
Spelling variations for the [ju:] sound	Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ju:]
u	tune, tube, music, curious, tulips
ew	new, few, Kew, mews

A5. Sentences

Listen and repeat. Read each sentence aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.

• Ruth felt in tune with the cool of a June evening and admired the beauty of the moon.
• There are quite a few music super-stars on the London tube.
• These new blue shoes look beautiful with a navy blue coat.
• On our cruise to Bermuda we played snooker with our schooner crew.
• Coolies are made from juicy fruits and sugar.
• The music tutor sang a tune on Tuesday for the duke.
• A few beautiful tulips grew in the school garden in July.

A6. Verses

Listen and copy the intonation and voice modulation on the CD.

I'd a swallow-tail coat of beautiful blue-
A brief which I bought off a booby
A couple of shirts and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!

We sail the ocean blue,
And our saucy ship's a beauty;
We're sober men and true,
And attentive to our beauty.

Additional exercises:

A: Write down 4 words with the target sound that you often use when speaking English. Practice these words, thinking about your Ups, tongue and jaw positions for the target sound.

B: Write down 4 words with the target sound that you often hear on TV, radio or from your friends/colleagues. Practice these words, thinking about your Ups, tongue and jaw positions for the target sound.

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